NOV. 16, 1863. Little by Little. 16mo. pp. 224. With Illustra- one after the other, the cab, in which I rode and tions. A suitable present for the coming holidays. Album Cards, in packages of twelve cards each. Printed in colors. One set contains various birds; another, animals, &c. Suitable for presents. POETRY. Scotia's Bards; the Choice Productions of the Scottish Poets, with brief Biographical Sketches. pp. 558. New York: Robert Carter & Brothers. This is a volume which possesses interest not only for the sons of the Thistle and Heather, but for all to whom poesy is a welcome visitant. The selections, which consist chiefly of entire poems, begin with Thompson, and come down to Aytoun, Thom, and Mackay. The clear type, fine paper, and neat illustrations join to make up an exceedingly attractive volume. The work has, evidently, been edited with a sort of enthusiasm; "the tartan waves on the pinnacle of the introductory page, the thistle stands guard over the gates of the preface, and the bagpipe plays an adieu at the finis." It was wholly unnecessary to inform us, in the preface, that the preparation of the volume has been altogether a labor of love. And, as love prompted the preparation, so taste has guided the execution. The passages are culled with great discernment, and are not confined to those writers who are most generally known in this country, but include numerous poems of authors who have not attained, though they richly deserve it, a transatlantic celebrity. The coming season will produce few gift volumes which, in the poetic beauty of their contents, will surpass these gems from Scotia's bards. FICTION. Bensley; A Story of To-day. pp. 221. New York: James G. Gregory, No. 46 Walker Street. This is the fifth number of Mr. Gregory's new Standard Series of popular fiction. The preceding works were: "The Story of Elizabeth," "Nanette, and Her Lovers," "Heart and Cross," and "My Lady." The volumes are neatly printed, on excellent paper, and, at the price of thirty cents, at which they are advertised, they form, probably, as cheap a series of works of the class as there is in the market. "Bensley" is a well-written story, full of incident, true to life and nature. The hero, a young man just setting out in life, creates, almost from the beginning, a deep interest and sympathy in the mind of the reader, which increase in each successive chapter. The characters are well drawn, and without exaggeration. The scene is laid in this country, and, for the most part, near the picturesque banks of the Hudson. The narrative is destined to become popular with the readers of current fiction. Hannah Thurston; A Story of American Life. By Bayard Taylor. 1863. pp. 464. New York: G. P. Putnam, No. 441 Broadway. In undertaking a work of fiction, Mr. Taylor admits that he is entering upon a field different from those over which he has hitherto been ranging. How far his present adventure will be a success is, to us, a matter of some doubt, for we must say, in all frankness, that the story has not made the most favorable impression on our mind. This may have happened, however, because we expected too much from Mr. Taylor, and did not sufficiently allow for the difficulties in a first essay in a new and untried direction. The dedication, to Mr. George P. Putnam, is a well-merited compliment to a most estimable gentleman. Mr. Taylor, writing from London, es that, in contemplating a letter of dedication friend, "while various cherished names arose, meditated passed down Regent Street into Water loo Place, and my eye fell upon that door where, seventeen years ago, I entered, for the first time, one dreary March afternoon-entered as a timid, de sponding stranger, and issued thence with the cheer and encouragement which I owed to your unex pected kindness. The conditions which I sought are all fulfilled in you. From that day to this, in all our intercourse, I have found in you the faithful friend, the man of unblemished honor and unselfish ambition, to whom the author's interests were never secondary to his own. According to the poet Camp bell, we should be 'natural enemies,' but I dedicate this book to you as my natural friend." This gene rous tribute is no less creditable to him who bestow it than it is deserved by him upon whom it is be stowed. Martin Pole: A Novel. By John Saunders. pp 118. New York: Harper & Brothers. This is number two hundred and thirty-four of Harpers' well-known "Library of Select Novels. The volume amply deserves a place in the collec tion, for Mr. Saunders, by his "Abel Drake's Wife," and other tales, has deservedly acquired a great deal of popularity. His style is vigorous, and his stories are full of action. The present one will be found, by the reader, to be extremely interesting. MEDICAL. The Physician's Hand-book of Practice for 1864. By William Elmer, M. D. Tuck. pp. 200. New York: W. A. Townsend. The seventh edition of this popular Handbook appears, this year, with many valuable changes and additions, among which is a full Index of the common names of Remedial Agents. A new me thod, in cases of Asphyxia, has been substituted for Marshall Hall's, and many other modifications have been introduced, rendering the present edition more acceptable to the profession than any of its prede cessors. SCHOOL BOOKS. J. H. Colton's American School Geography; prising separate Treatises on Astronomical, Phy cal, and Civil Geography, with descriptions of the several Grand Divisions and Countries of the Globe. By Charles Carroll Morgan. Illustrated with numerous engravings, and accompanied by J. H. Colton's School Atlas. 12mo. pp. 588. New York: Ivison, Phinney & Co. The plan of this excellent work embraces a careful discussion of the leading facts and principles of geographical science, apart from, and followed by, particular descriptions of countries. The method adopted in regard to the map-questions is calculated to fix in the scholar's memory much valuable infor mation in physical and civil geography, which cannot be obtained from ordinary school books on the same subject. This work contains not only the descriptions of countries commonly found in school geographies, but full treatises on the several depart ments of the science, especially on that of physical geography; and throughout the work the influences of physical causes on human society have been carefully traced and pointed out. BIOGRAPHY. Toussaint L'Ouverture: A Biography, and on Autobiography. 12mo. pp. 366. Boston: James Redpath. This volume contains two distinct work-a Biography, and an Autobiography. The Biography, by the Rev. John R. Beard, D. D., was first pab NOV. 16, 1863. har lished in London, ten years ago, to aid the cause of freedom, especially the abolition of slavery in the United States. The memoir of the Life of General Toussaint L'Ouverture was written by himself, in the Chateau de Joux, in a letter to Napoleon Bonaparte. The Appendix contains: A Proclamation by King Christophe; a Description of a Visit to the Chateau de Joux, by Harriet Martineau; a Sonnet on Toussaint L'Ouverture, by Wordsworth; A Visit to Chateau de Joux, by John Bigelow; A Poem on L'Ouverture, by J. G. Whittier; Wendell Phillips' Oration on Toussaint L'Ouverture, &c. The work is embellished by an outline map of Colonial Hayti, a portrait of L'Ouverture, &c. MISCELLANEOUS. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Married Life, Death, and Wedding of the Advocate of the Poor, Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkäs. By Jean Paul Friedrich Richter. Translated from the German by Edward Henry Noel. With a memoir of the author, by Thomas Carlyle. Two Vols. pp. 361 and 345. Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Levana; or, The Doctrine of Education. From the German of Jean Paul Friedrich Richter. PP. 400. Same publishers. We shall soon come to regard Jean Paul Richter as fairly domesticated among us. In addition to his Titan, already published, we now have the two works named above, and the publishers announce as in press, a new and revised edition of the "Life," by Mrs. Lee, and a volume of his miscellaneous writings. It was many years before Richter worked his way through obscurity and poverty unto renown. But the faith which nerved him had its reward, even before the close of his earthly career, and his memory is now gathering around itself the homage of the brave and gentle, the thoughtful and the gifted. That he was a wondrous character, overflowing with humor, eloquence, genius, and inspiration, no one now doubts; that he has his peculiarities of style, which, at a first reading, seem to pass into obscurities, is also doubted by no one; but that, on subsequent readings, these apparent obscurities disappear, and this cipher-writing, if we may so term it, becomes translatable to the stu dent, and this luminous haze of beauty assumes determinate forms and shapes, as intelligible as fair, will be no less doubted by those who have endeavored to pluck out the heart of his mystery. In his fulness and manifoldness, and in his sympathy with the human soul, he is a very Shakspeare, and, like the great bard, the reach of his thought seems co-extensive with man and nature, and the deep fountain of his feeling flows onward and around as profusedly as if fed from the well-springs of an inexhaustible heart. The study of his writings will do good in many ways. Their literary peculiarities will be suggestive to the younger generation of our authors. Such great models cannot fail to be impressive. Our literature is yet in a nascent growth, and we may not foresee what will be its ultimate principle and expression. It is certain, however, that it cannot take the direction of a wise eclecticism if it overlook the masterpieces of the old world. Nor can we fail to see that the tendency of our time is mainly towards the critical, the practical, and the materialistic. If this hard Roman character is to be thoroughly impressed upon us, America, like Rome, will become incapable of producing a great original literature. That we are already suffering from this tendency is evident to the close observer, and he detects, at the same time, the indications of a reactionary movement. What is the fundamental meaning of the greatly increased study of Shakspeare within the last fifteen or twenty years? Does it not spring from a craving after the spiritual, the universal, the sympathetic, and the human in our literature? We have cultivated our head, and begotten unto ourselves sciences and arts, philosophies and cosmogonies. But there is a yearning for something which shall more deeply touch our humanity, which shall draw forth the sympathies of the heart, which shall infuse an element of spirituality into our literature, and develop us as creatures of sentiment as well as of thought. All these desires are satisfied in the fulness of Shakspeare, and, in a manner somewhat the same in kind, although different in degree, they are satisfied, also, in Jean Paul. Hence, we welcome his works as a corrective of present tendencies. The "Siebenkäs" is a dramatic narrative, written in the form of prose, but overflowing with poetry, pathos, and beauty. He who works into its spirit will, thenceforward, look out upon man and nature as with a new and purified vision. He will catch glimpses of loftier ideals, and be stirred with profounder emotions than such as can meet his fancy or move his heart in the study of our materialistic arts. The "Levana" will open to him abysses of meaning in the word "education," which are never dreamed of now, since the publicschool system has given birth to a species of mechanical pedagogy, which treats mobs of youth with a wholesale, indiscriminate prescription, which it calls education. We advise all readers, especially those who are thoughtfully-minded, to take up these volumes. It is not necessary to read them through with steam-engine haste, as if they belonged to the class of modern novels, which we sponge up at a sitting. But deal gently with them; accustom yourself to them in parts, and gradually; lay them down to-day, when you feel saturated with their influence, and resume them to-morrow; store up in your mind the brilliant and oracular apothegms; recall them as you walk the streets; contemplate the gorgeous imagery which, ever and anon, is evoked before you, and linger about it as you would pause before a painting or a statue; thus will you come, by degrees, to initiate yourself into the wondrous meanings of a writer who had no predecessor, and is without successor, but is simply himself"Jean Paul, the Unique." NOV. 16, 1863. Excursions. By Henry D. Thoreau, author of itself twenty-four pages, and the index of authors' The first five of these essays were written some The Black Man: His Antecedents, his Genius, and Western Border Life; or, What Fanny Hunter Saw Croquet. By Captain Mayne Reid. 12mo. pp. 48. names extends to nearly nine closely printed double. The design of this work is to give a full explana-peare, a History of the World by Philip Smith, the tion of all the terms used in the game of Croquet, and, also, to initiate a novice in the rules of the game. CATALOGUES. Harper & Brothers' School and Family Series of From these two catalogues the public may form second and third volumes of the Bible Dictionary, Plutarch's Morals, and a reproduction of some of the masterpieces of the good old English literature by Taylor, Selden, Fuller, More, and the famous essayists and playwrights of the Elizabethan age. availed themselves of the taste and scholarship of In the latter class of works the publishers have James Russell Lowell. List of Books published by Robert Carter & Brothers, 530 Broadway, New York. pp. 24. Also: Descrip tive Catalogue of Books for Young People and Sabbath School Libraries. pp. 36. The first list It is well known that the Messrs. Carter have from the beginning of their business addressed themselves chiefly to religious literature and to books intended for the young. In these departments they have been extremely successful. mentioned above is probably more copious in the department of theology than that of any other house in the country. It includes, among others, the works of Baillie, Bonar, Breckinridge, Brown, Chalmers, D'Aubigne, Hamilton, Henry, Hodge, Jacobus, James, Jay, Kitto, McDuff, McCosh, Sprague, and Tyng. So rapidly has the number of works for Sabbath School libraries increased, that the Messrs. Carter are understood to have doubled this branch of their business within the last two years. This result is due to their careful preparation of such works, so as to combine typographical attractiveness with an appropriate literary style and with sound masculine morality. The "Fireside Library," containing a fine assortment of juvenile books, now extending to more than two hundred volumes, chiefly of a narrative NOV. 16, 1863. character, is sold in great quantities for family and Sunday School libraries. It must be gratifying to the publishers to know that they are thus impressing the youth of our land with principles which will bear the good fruit of faith and virtue generations hence, when we and all the concerns which so absorb us now shall have passed into forgetfulness. A New Catalogue of Books issued by Carleton, publisher. New York, 413 Broadway. This is a list of new books and new editions recently issued by Mr. Carleton. Some of the writers, whose works are included, are Victor Hugo, the author of the "Rutledge" novels, Mrs. Mary J. Holmes, Artemus Ward, Edmund Kirke, A. S. Roe, Rev. John Cumming, Michelet, Ruffini, Fred. S. Cozzens, Jeaffreson, Doesticks, Balzac, Gurowski, Stedman, Stoddard, Miller, Mulock, and Isaac Taylor. Mr. Scribner's taste and energy keep him fully From these names it is evident that the list is abreast with the improvements and prosperity of diversified and valuable. Mr. Carleton's works are the trade. We are not surprised, therefore, to issued in a neat style, and in a form quite satisfacreceive from him a full and attractive list of history to readers. We may add that his catalogue publications for the season. It embraces fourteen includes a translation, by C. E. Wilbour, of Ernest Charles Scribner's Trade List of Fall Publications. New York: November, 1863. items, viz: Ik Marvel's new work, "My Farm of Edgewood;" Timothy Titcomb's new work, "Letters to the Joneses;" "Bitter-Sweet," by Holland, an entirely new edition; "The Federalist; "The School Girl's Garland," a selection of poetry by Mrs. C. M. Kirkland; Craik's "History of English Literature;" Shedd's "History of Christian Doctrine;" "Work and Play," by Horace Bushnell; "Gilead," by Rev. J. Hyatt Smith; Clark's "Outlines of the Elements of the English Language;" Stanley's "Tour in the East;" Ewbank's " Hydraulics," new edition, with additional matter; "Book of Public Prayer," new, revised, and enlarged; MacDonald's "My Father's House," new edition. We should call attention to the edition of the "Federalist" mentioned above. It will contain a biographical and historical introduction and notes by H. B. Dawson, and is to be printed at the Riverside Press on tinted paper, with portraits of authors, elaborate notes, complete index, and synoptical table of contents. The first volume will appear during the present month, containing the introduction and text of the work. Circular of Scribner & Co.'s English Publishers' Depot. New York, 124 Grand Street. November, 1863. The titles are those of choice illustrated English works for Christmas and New Year's presents. They are fine London editions, richly bound and embellished. The volumes are chiefly poetical, and they are elegant specimens of typography, binding, and engraving. Connoisseurs who can appreciate what we may call the fine arts of book-making should send for this list, if they would indulge in the choicest English illustrations of what may be jointly effected by the printer and artist. Renan's 66 Life of Christ." There doubtless exists a great deal of curiosity to read a book which has attracted so much attention abroad. Renan is an Orientalist of acknowledged eminence, and many incidents concerning him, and facts relating to this work in particular, have been stated by our Paris correspondent in some of his recent letters. Catalogues of J. W. Bouton. New York, No. 481 Broadway. We have before us Mr. Bouton's catalogues numbered respectively 13, 14, and 15. Number 13 consists of a large and exceedingly choice collection of illustrated works, French, German, and Italian classics, encyclopædias, works of reference, natural history, miscellaneous and standard literature, rare portraits, engravings, &c., comprising the entire library of an author of well-known literary taste. Number 14 is a general collection of rare and standard English books, embracing history, biography, poetry, the drama, and illustrated works. Number 15 includes the entire library of a clergyman, and presents a diversified collection of the early as well as more recent theology. All the catalogues are priced. We have looked into these lists with a good deal of interest. Among them are many rare works not often met with. None of the catalogues of the English dealers are more worthy of the examination of readers of taste than are these of Mr. Bouton. We seldom meet with lists of fine English works which are more tempting to the buyer than these. The greater portion of them were accumulated before the present increased duties were levied and before exchange advanced to its present rate, so that the prices will be found to be far less than those at which the same works can now be imported. D. Appleton & Co., New York. ANNOUNCEMENTS. The Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker. By John Weiss. An Introduction to Municipal Law. By John Norton A New Volume of Poems. By W. C. Bryant. The Wreath of Beauty. Lights and Shadows of New York Picture Galleries. The Dusseldorf Gallery. History of the World. By Philip Smith, B.A. Merivale's History of the Romans. Vol. II. Bailliere Brothers, New York. A Treatise on Military Surgery. By Prof. F. H. A Manual of Animal Chemistry and Chemical Analy- A Manual of Comparative Anatomy. By Thos. H. A Dictionary of Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacy, the A Manual of Practical Hygiene. By E. A. Parker, Pelago; an Epic Poem of the Moorish Time. By Robert Carter & Bros., New York. Elizabeth Porter Beech. Keep a Good Heart. By Cousin Carrie. Essays; Scientific, Political, and Speculative. By Herbert Spencer. Meditations on Heaven. By the Rev. J. R. Macduff, D.D. At Home in the Scriptures. By the Rev. Wm. Arnot, D.D. NOV. 16, 1863. The Parables Read in the Light of the Present Day. Essays for Sunday. By John Caird, D.D. The Post of Honor. By the author of "Broad Sha- Ministerial Experiences. By Dr. Buchsal. Geo. W. Childs, Philadelphia. The Rollo and Lucy Books of Poetry. By Jacob Abbott. 3 vols. Clark & Maynard, New York. Anderson's Pictorial History of the United States. G. W. Carleton, New York. The Life of Julius Caesar, By Louis Napoleon. Translated from advance sheets. Nepenthe. A new novel. By the author of "Olie." Wm. Hall & Sons, New York. The Desert Flower; an Opera. By Wm. V. Wallace. Little, Brown & Co., Boston. American Loyalists. By Lorenzo Sabine. Old Plays. Chiefly from the Period of Marlowe to Bancroft's History of the United States. Vol. IX., in Shakspeare. Vol. I. By Richard Grant White. Epictetus. By Elizabeth Carter. Iamblichus. Life of Pythagoras. Translated by Thos. Taylor. Introduction and Early Progress of Cotton Manufacture in the United States. Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients. Jeremy Taylor's Rule and Exercise of Holy Living and Dying. Choice Morsels from Jeremy Taylor. Selden's Table Talk, with Notes by Singer. Fuller's Holy and Profane State. More's Utopia, and Bacon's New Atlantis. Lady of the Lake. Lay of the Last Minstrel. Marmion. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Irish Melodies. By T. Moore. Lalla Rookh and Loves of the Angels. Familiar Quotations, New Edition, much enlarged. Hints for the Nursery. By Mrs. Hopkinson. Arabian Nights' Entertainment. Tales of the Genii. Burns' Complete Works, with his Life. Byron's Complete Works. Choice Ballads. Coleridge's (S. T.) Complete Poetical Works. Keats' Poetical Works, with Life. By J. R. Lowell. Moore's Complete Poetical Works. Pope's Poetical Works. Sparks' American Biography. 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